(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2018 NBA Finals are upon us. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are battling for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year for a NBA championship. If the Warriors win, they will be mentioned among the great dynasties in NBA history with teams like Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, the Shaq ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am among the millions who are ecstatic that Stacey Abrams won the Democratic nomination for governor in Georgia. She didn’t just win, she rocked, clobbering her opponent, Stacey Evans, by over 50 percentage points – Abrams had 76 percent of the 533,450 votes cast in the Democratic primary. Of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “When black athletes secured a toehold in the earliest versions of organized sports in America: in baseball and horse racing and cycling- they settled for individual success rather than trying to use what power they had to remake a system to ensure fairness and the possibility of future success. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Roseanne Barr lost her new television show. Barr, in a tweet about Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, said of Jarrett: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” The comedian deleted the offensive tweet, but the damage was irreversible. The reaction was swift. The Rev. Al Sharpton tweeted: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mentality. Mind-set. These two words point to a type of approach to a given task. A basketball player must have the right mindset to play the game at an optimal level. A politician must approach a town hall meeting with the correct mentality if he or she wishes to connect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Men do not love those who reminds them of their sins.” ~Frederick Douglass To mute the oppressed has always been in the best interest of the oppressor. When a black voice is raised to oppression those who are comfortable with our oppression are the first to criticize us for daring ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me begin by saying I am Not a Cosby apologist. As a woman that is a sexual assault survivor his actions were deplorable and he victims deserve justice. That needs to be said because it seems there is a double standard and when mentioned that person is accused of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After being sworn in for a fourth term, Vladimir Putin departed the Kremlin for Annunciation Cathedral to receive the televised blessing of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. The patriarch and his priests in sacred vestments surrounded Putin, who, standing alone, made the sign of the cross. Meanwhile, sacred ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On the night before his brutal and untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of the Promise Land. He told of his visit to “the mountaintop” to view it and said emphatically that “we as a people” would get there. Now, fifty years later, I wonder are we closer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before African-Americans can be successful as a people, minds, attitudes, world views, priorities and perspectives must change. Sadly, the mental plantation never closed. What I am about to tell you will challenge you to be better and go higher. It will undoubtedly tamper with your comfort zone – and that’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How is it possible that a billionaire businessman turned politician can continue to captivate the hearts and minds of so many of his supporters, let alone gain new ones, most of whom are ordinary blue-collar citizens? The answer is access. I’m not speaking of access in the traditional sense of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) WE, who have an unwavering interest in this issue want to STOP the killings, of American citizens. What has been lost, in the recent main street media discussions regarding the edict issued to professional football players of the National Football League(NFL), requiring them to stand, while the National Anthem is ...